A reference for the living record
Decode My Report is a complete English library of blood tests — every panel, every marker, the range, the meaning, and the questions worth asking next.
The library
Laboratories report in groups. We keep that structure so a printout maps onto the page in front of you — CBC first, then chemistry, then the quieter assays most people skip.
Hemoglobin, hematocrit, RBC indices, WBC differential, platelets — the first page of almost every report.
Open CBC 02 — ChemistryGlucose, electrolytes, kidney filtration, liver enzymes. The body’s daily ledger in twelve to fourteen lines.
Open CMP / BMP 03 — CardiovascularTotal cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, and the ratios that change how the raw numbers are read.
Open lipids 04 — EndocrineTSH, Free T4, Free T3, antibodies. Why a “normal TSH” is not always the end of the conversation.
Open thyroid 05 — HepaticALT, AST, ALP, GGT, bilirubin, albumin. Pattern first — isolated spike second.
Open LFT 06 — RenalCreatinine, eGFR, BUN, urea, electrolytes, urine albumin. Stage, trend, and context — never a single day.
Open KFT 07 — IronSerum iron, TIBC, transferrin saturation, ferritin. Deficiency, overload, and the gap between them.
Open iron 08 — GlucoseFasting glucose, post-prandial, HbA1c, insulin, C-peptide. Prediabetes is a range, not a verdict.
Open glucose 09 — NutrientsVitamin D, B12, folate, magnesium, calcium, zinc. Reference ranges that hide insufficiency.
Open nutrients 10 — HormonesCortisol, testosterone, estradiol, FSH, LH, prolactin, DHEA-S — timing of the draw matters as much as the value.
Open hormones 11 — InflammationCRP, hs-CRP, ESR, ANA, rheumatoid factor. Signals that need a story, not a single flag.
Open inflammation 12 — CoagulationPT, INR, aPTT, D-dimer, fibrinogen. How blood decides to stay liquid — and when it does not.
Open coagulationThe method
We do not replace a clinician. We make the printout readable before the appointment, and useful after it.
What was measured, in which unit, and why that method exists in the first place.
Laboratory reference is not the same as optimal, and optimal is not the same for every body.
One high value is a flag. Two or three related flags are a sentence. We write the sentence in English.
Often opened first
These pages carry the questions that arrive with a printed report at 11 p.m. Each one stands alone and also points to its parent panel.
KIDNEY
Muscle mass changes the number. eGFR finishes the thought.
BLOOD
Anemia is a pattern of indices, not a single low line.
THYROID
Sensitive, useful, and incomplete without free hormones.
IRON
Storage iron. Inflammation can disguise a deficit.
GLUCOSE
Three-month average. Conditions that quietly skew it.
LIVER
A liver enzyme that is often the first quiet rise.
NUTRIENT
25-OH D, the range debate, and what to pair it with.
LIPID
Calculated or direct — and why particle number still matters.
A note on use
A laboratory range is a statistical fence, not a verdict on a life. Read the fence. Then read the field it was built in.Decode My Report · decodemyreport.com
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